Domestic Assistant

To ensure the clean and hygienic maintenance of the home.

To keep a high standard of appearance to contribute to the quality of care and lifestyle afforded to each care user. This is particularly applicable to each care user's privacy and dignity and in respect of each care user's personal possessions.

Principal responsibilities

To be directly responsible to the domestic supervisor.

To clean all allocated rooms including furniture, fittings, fabric, carpets and equipment.

To be aware of the health and safety statement and of the COSHH statement.

To follow the service's safeguarding policies, requiring an awareness of signs of abuse and neglect and reporting these if suspected.

To clean sanitary and other equipment, with particular attention to guidelines for the control of germs and infestation.

To report any malfunction of equipment or fittings that require maintenance or cannot be kept to standard through normal cleaning procedures.

To deal with the waste bags and their prescribed disposal.

To perform other such reasonable duties as may be required.